June i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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AMERICAN RUBBER CO. 

 The American Rubber Co. (Boston) during the past two 

 years have filed certificates of condition with the commissioner 

 of corporations of Massachusetts, showing details as follows : 



ASSETS. 



Mar. 31, '04. July 6, '03. 



Real estate $ 174,214 $ 185,904 



Machinery 148,617 136,927 



Stock in process 1,651,009 1,174,254 



Cash and debts receivable 422,675 839,780 



Special contract with U. S. Rubber Co. .. 809,000 800,000 



Miscellaneous 22,000 22,000 



Totals $3,218,515 $3,158,865 



LIABILITIES 



Capital stock. .. . $1,000,000 $1,000,000 



Accounts payable 47,553 17, 014 



Floating debt— special 800,000 800,000 



Surplus fixed .. .. 865,734 865,734 



Profit and loss 505,228 436,117 



Dividends unpaid .... 40,000 



Totals $3,218,515 $3,158,865 



WOONSOCKET RUBBER CO. 

 The Woonsocket Rubber Co. (Woonsocket, Rhode Island), 

 having one of their factories over the Massachusetts border, 

 are required to file annual reports with the commissioner of 

 corporations of the latter state. The last report so filed, show- 

 ing condition on March 31, 1904, is summarized below, in con- 

 nection with which are the figures for the preceding year : 



ASSETS. 



1904. 1903. 



Real estate $ 896,778 $ 897,543 



Machinery 32},I35 324. '35 



Stock in process 2,210,044 1,640,297 



Cash and debts re«eivable '57,957 3,4'l,3o7 



Taxes, etc 711 1,189 



Adjustment of inventory 1,198,994 1,198,994 



Special contract with U. S. Rubber Co 2,800,000 



Totals $7,588619 $7,473,466 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock $3,000,000 $3,000,000 



Debts 3',°99 2, 905, 995 



Special indebtedness 2,800,000 



Surplus fixed 1,613,900 $1,613,900 



Profit and loss 143,620 53,567 



Totals ... $7,588,619 $7,473466 



BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO. 

 The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. have filed the following state- 

 ment of condition with the commissioner of corporations of 

 Massachusetts, dated April 1, 1904: 



ASSETS. 



1904. 1903. 



Real estate $ 768.525 $ 75S.525 



Machinery 375.5 '5 364,788 



Merchandise and stock in process ... 4,461,304 2,626,837 



Cash and debts receivable 1,594,294 2,288,675 



•Special Contract U. S. Rubber Co 4,800,000 4,800,000 



Miscellaneous 17.39° t7.43° 



Total $12,017,028 $10,856,255 



LIABILITIES. 



Capital stock $5,000,000 $5,000,000 



Accounts payable 1,130,960 



Funded indebtedness 4,800,000 



Balance profit and loss 1,054,872 996,965 



Debenture bonds 4,800,000 



Interest on bonds .. 31,196 59. 2 9° 



Total $12,017,028 $io,S56,255 



♦To pay principal and interest of debenture bonds as they may mature to be 

 drawn. 



AMERICAN CHICLE CO. IN EUROPE. 



Henry Rowley, treasurer, on April 30 returned from 

 Europe, where it is understood that he arranged to establish a 

 European branch, on terms which the directors deem eminent- 

 ly satisfactory. The plans embrace the opening of a factory, 

 for which purpose a plant in London occupied formerly by 

 The Holbrook Co., Limited, has been secured. The extent of 

 the exports of American chewing gum is thus indicated by the 

 United States customs returns for the fiscal year 1902-3 : 



Great Britain $12,302 British Australia $ 1,415 



Other Europe 1,074 Philippine Islands 197 



Africa (mainly British All other 763 



South) 8,550 



North America 2,941 Total $27,242 



While not so stated, it is assumed that these exports relate 

 mainly to the product of Chicle gum. The following figures, 

 from the customs returns, indicate the extent of the use of 

 Chicle in the United States : 



1901-02. 1902-03. 



Imports for consumption (pounds) 2,865.929 3.282,804 



Import value $682,602 $779,140 



Duties (10 cents per pound) $286,593 $328,200 



Average value per pound 23.8 cents 23.7 cents 



Average rate of duty ad valorem -1I-99'. 42.13^ 



In addition to imports for consumption, the receipts in the 

 United States include the supplies of crude gum required in 

 Canada, where the American Chicle Co. have a factory. The 

 exports from the States to Canada for the last fiscal year were 

 897.675 pounds. ==The regular monthly dividend of 1 per 

 cent, on the common shares ($6,000,000) was payable on May 

 25. The last quarterly dividend of ij£ per cent, on the pre- 

 ferred shares ($3,000,000) was paid April 1. 



RUBBER FOOTWEAR FOR THE POOR INDIANS. 

 Bids were opened at St. Louis, on May 5, for supplying rub- 

 ber boots and shoes for the Indians dependent upon the gov- 

 ernment. The successful bidder — except for the last item on 

 the list as printed below — was J. Edmund Strong, of Chicago, 

 whom we understood to represent the Edwards-Stanwood 

 Shoe Co., of that city, who obtained the contract last year for 

 supplying such goods: 



2845 pairs boys' arctics ; sizes 1-2. 70}^ cents ; 3-6, 88 cents. 



990 pairs misses' arctics, 61 cents. 

 1655 pairs women's arctics, 76 cents. 

 1380 pairs men's arctics, $1.04. 



485 pairs boys' rubber overshoes, sizes 1-2, 35 J^ cents ; 3-6, 44 cents. 



555 pairs misses' rubber overshoes, 31 cents. 

 1370 pairs women's rubber overshoes, 38 cents. 



342 pairs men's rubber overshoes. 54 cents. 



588 pairs men's rubber boots, $2.29. 



RUBBER GOODS FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE. 



Bids were opened in Washington on May 5 for supplies of 

 stationery for the Postoffice department and the postal service 

 — including India-rubber goods — for the fiscal year beginning 

 July 1, 1904. Fewer rubber bands are called for than formerly, 

 and more rubber stamps. The specifications included 5800 

 pounds of bands, 17,256 erasers, and a total of 65.000 rubber 

 stamps, in great variety, in addition to a large amount of rub- 

 ber type. Five years ago (fiscal year 1S99-1900) there were re- 

 quired 9000 pounds of bands, 10,600 erasers, and 10,160 rubber 

 stamps of all kinds. The specifications this year also include 

 7000 flexible stamps, of printers' roller composition, to contain 

 such words as " Due 2 cents," " Returned to writer," and the 

 like, and some to contain the name of postoffice and state. Be- 

 sides, 75 dies and molds are called for, to be used in making 

 printers' roller composition stamps at the Postoffice depart- 

 ment. 



The requirements for composition stamps, by the way, are 

 smaller than for the past two years, in each of which 10,000 



